#F2D851#F2D851

#F2D851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.153 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2D851
RGB	rgb(242, 216, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 86%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 66.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.30, -5.77, 67.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.30, 67.43, 94.91°)
OKLab	oklab(87.99% -0.0219 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(87.99% 0.153 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.6619, 68.5860, 17.7208)
Luminance	0.6858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2D851 #516BF2

analogous

#F28851 #F2D851 #BBF251

triadic

#F2D851 #51F2D8 #D851F2

tetradic

#F2D851 #51F288 #516BF2 #F251BB

square

#F2D851 #51F288 #516BF2 #F251BB

split-complementary

#F2D851 #51BBF2 #8851F2

monochromatic

#BB9F0E #EECB18 #F2D851 #F6E58A #FBF2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#F2D851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#F2D851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2D851

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2D851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2D851	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2d851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 216, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.153 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fae388',
    500: '#f2d851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2d851;
$custom-light: #fae388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2d851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.311,
    "s": 86.096,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87994,
    "c": 0.15278,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2D851

secondary

#2E44B9

accent

#27E303

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2D851

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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